Pocket show kerchief



Oct. 27, 1959 L.'MYSELS 2,90

POCKET SHOW KERCHIEF Filed July 2a, 1958 i p I INVENTOR. Lours MYsELs,

United States Patent POCKET SHOW KERCHIEF Louis Mysels,.New York, N.Application July 23, 1958, Serial No. 750,465

1 Claim.- (Cl. 2--279) v This invention relates to pocket kerchiefs, andmore particularly has reference to a simulated kerchief adapted to beinserted in the breast pocket of a suit coat, with a portion of thekerchief projecting out of the pocket to provide a neat, attractiveappearance.

One important object of the present invention is to provide an improvedsimulated kerchief of the type stated, which can be manufactured atrelatively low cost, as compared to previous simulated kerchiefs alreadydevised.

Another object of importance is to provide, in a kerchief as stated, apair of cooperating end portions folded along horizontal lines, withsaid lines being parallel to one another to provide a straight, fiatfold, rather than the peaked folds hitherto used.

Still another object is to provide a simulated kerchief which willrequire a minimum of layers of material, thus to prevent bulging of thepocket.

Still another object is to provide, in at least one form of theinvention, means stiffening the kerchief so as to permit it to beswiftly inserted in or removed from the pocket, without the necessity ofstufling the same downwardly under circumstances which might cause thekerchief to compact within the pocket into an undesirably bulky object.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claim in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. l is a fragmentary perspective view of a coat breast pocket,portions being broken away, a simulated ornamental kerchief formedaccording to one form of the invention being illustrated in its insertedposition in the pocket.

Fig. 2 is a reduced perspective view showing the kerchief at anintermediate stage of manufacture.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the completed kerchief, per se.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged, detail sectional view on line 44 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a kerchief before being folded embodying amodification of the invention.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the kerchief folded, parts being brokenaway.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of another modified form of kerchief.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1-4, there has beenillustrated, in association with the pocket 8 of a mans suit coat 10, asimulated kerchief 12 formed according to the invention.

The kerchief 12 can be formed of any suitable fabric material, and saidfabric material, in an initial stage of the manufacture, is in the shapeof a rectangular body pattern. The body pattern is of elongatedformation and the opposite, longitudinal side portions 14, 16 thereofare folded inwardly over the body along parallel, longitudinalfold lines17 into overlapping relation with the body as at 14, 16 (Fig. 2). Theoverlapped side portions 14, 16 double the thickness of the body of thekerchief while reducing the same to an overall width slightly less thanthe width of a conventional coat breast pocket 8.

The ends of the partly folded kerchief are folded in:

; wardly upon the kerchief body along transverse fold lines 18', 18",after the kerchief body has been partly folded midway its ends along atransverse fold line 18. The folded ends have been designated 20, 22,the end 22 being folded along the line 18' which is spaced from 7 foldline 18 a distance less than the distance between the fold line 18 andthe line 18" along which the portion 20 is folded. As a result, when thekerchief is fully folded as in Fig. 1, the front part 12' thereof risesto a slightly lesser extent than the back part 12", so that the upperend of the folded back part 12" is visible above the front portion 12'.This will be apparent from Figs. 1 and 3, and after the kerchief hasbeen folded in this manner, the adjacent folds 20 and 22 are stitched bya single stitch 23 at their centers, and the kerchief is tacked atopposite sides by stitching 24 passing through the body of the kerchiefas well as through the portions 20, 22. The stitching holds the bodyportions in flat condition and the kerchief will now appear as a flatarticle in simulation of a folded kerchief, capable of being ironed andinserted in a conventional coat breast pocket 8. When inserted to itsmaximum extent, the kerchief is disposed as in Fig. l, with thevertically offset, horizontally extending folds 20, 22 appearing abovethe top of the pocket.

The modification of the invention shown in Figs. 5 and 6 differs fromthe form shown in Fig. 1 in that a stiffening member in the form of astrip of stiff fabric 28 is loosely laid on each of the surfaces offront portion 12 and back portion 12 adapted to be the inner surfaceswhen the kerchief is folded. When the kerchief is folded, the strips 28are disposed between the front and back portions 12 and 12*,respectively, thereby reinforcing and adding body to the folded kerchiefso that it will not collapse, become deformed or flexed out of its flatcondition, yet may be readily inserted into the pocket.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 7, the front portion30 of the kerchief is folded once upon itself intermediate its ends toform a fold 31 and again folded upon itself inwardly of fold 31 to forma second fold 32. The back portion 12" is folded once to form a fold 20.The folds 20, 31 and 32 are stitched together by stitching 33. When thusstitched, the kerchief will appear as a flat article in simulation of afolded kerchief, and when inserted in a pocket, the three vertically,offset, horizontally extending folds 20, 31 and 32 appear above the topof the pocket, similar to the kerchief of Fig. l.

The kerchief may, of course, have two, three or more folds.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise constructions herein disclosed and that various changes andmodifications may be made within the scope of the invention as definedin the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

An ornamental, simulated pocket kerchief comprising a rectangular fabn'cbody folded upon itself along a plurality of fold lines extendingtransversely thereof to form back and front portions disposed flatagainst one another substantially in parallel planes, the front portionbeing slightly shorter in length than the back portion, stitchingpassing through the front and back portions at both side edges thereoffor holding said portions against movement out of said fold lines, oneof said planes being disposed intermediate the ends of the body with thefront portion being disposed at one side of said one fold line and theback portion being disposed at the other side of said one fold line, theremaining fold lines respectively extending transversely of the back andfront portions, to define end portions on the back and front portions,the folded end 15 2,349,722

ll portions being turned inwardly for disposition between said planesand for contact with one another, strips of stiff fabric materialdisposed loosely between the folded back and front portions of the bodyfor stiffening the body and a stitch through the center of the foldedend portions and the body.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,060,729 Gilgenbach Nov. 10, 1936 2,511,242 Brown June 13, 19502,735,098 Gindi Feb. 21, 1956 2,813,320 Krimbel Nov. 19, 1957 CohenSept. 2, 1958

